Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:11:52 -0500
From: Lee McDougal <leoinbama@gmail.com>
Subject: Under Your Spell Chapter 9

This is the last chapter of my story, and the last portion of the chapter
is actually more of a teaser for the new story, but don't look for it to be
out this week.  I am taking a small writing break, but the new story will
surface soon enough.  Enjoy!

Under your spell
By Lee McDougal
Chapter 9


When I woke up from my nap I found that Brody wasn't in bed with me.  I
looked around to find him setting at a desk that I had not noticed before.
He seemed to be reading a book and scribbling notes.

"Good morning, evening, or night whatever time it is."  I said and started
rubbing his shoulders.

"Hey babe.  I think I found the solution to getting out of this house.
This book is like a journal.  It explains that the house was put under a
maze spell of sorts.  You have to go in these directions to get out."  He
said showing me what he had written down.

The directions were pretty simple, but very confusing at the same time.
Often times the map would call for one to turn around and go back in the
door he had just gone through.  However, it seemed according to the journal
you could get to any part of the house or out of the house within 2 to 8
moves if you happened to know the right ones.  Brody had written down only
the directions out of the house, but we both agreed that taking the book
with us was a good idea, just in case.

"So I think it's this door first."  Brody said and we walked through it.

 Much like the map suggested we found ourselves in the kitchen.  I was
hungry, but I wanted to be out of that house more than anything else.  So
as the directions suggested we went to the door to the left from there.  On
the other side of that door we found ourselves in an indoor gym of sorts.

"This isn't so bad.  I guess vampires have to keep in shape too."  I
commented.

"From looking at the map there are a lot of interesting rooms.  If it
wasn't for the landlord, I wouldn't mind sticking around a bit."  Brody
said.

"Yeah, I think he'd charge a lot of rent.in blood.  So we just have to go
back through the way we came right?"  I asked.

We made it to the lobby or at least that's what it reminded me of.  It
reminded me of the lobby's at hotels in the sense there was only a few
chairs, a few decorations here and there, and of course what excited me
most was doors that clearly lead outside.

"Are looks deceiving or is that the real way out?" I asked.

"Yes, according to the map that is in fact the way out."  Brody said with a
smile.

I took Brody's hand and we ran for the door.  I turned the knob and of
course it was locked.  What's the old saying, if it's too good to be true-
it probably isn't.

"Damn it!  Now what do we do?"  Brody asked.

"I have an idea."  I used my magic to blow the door off it's hinges, but it
only made a creaking noise and then nothing more.

"So the door is magic proof?  I have to say the security is pretty tight
around here, though most security measures are to keep people out, not in."
I said frustrated.

"Maybe there's something else in the journal.  Let's just relax and check
it out."  Brody suggested.

I got bored during my turn reading and wound up making a more detailed map
instead of looking for a door opener.  I also had my reasons for doing that
though.  I knew that if we didn't finish off David we would never be safe,
and for all I knew maybe he was the one keeping the door closed.  I knew he
wouldn't attack with Brody with me, because no matter how much of a monster
he had become he still wanted Brody with him.  So it was when it was his
turn to read the journal I headed off on my own much to his dismay.

"But what if David attacks you or me?  We'd be stronger together."  Brody
said.

"I know that and so does David.  He's already failed to beat us together.
He won't attack unless he thinks he can win.  Keep reading maybe you'll
find something.  I'm going back to the kitchen to get us something to eat.
I'll be back soon."  I said.

"You just made my argument Anthony, if we stay together he won't attack.
Why fight him if we don't have to?"  He asked.

"I won't fight him.  If I see him I'll head back to you.  Or make myself
invisible.  Don't worry so much."  I said and kissed Brody before heading
out a door that would lead me to the gym room.

I half expected Brody to follow after me, but I was still alone when I
entered the door that lead to the library.  We had not been in this room
before, and I must say it was very impressive.  There was two floors and
each was filled with shelves full of books.  It was also the best place to
be ambushed.  I counted on David to realize that.  I needed him to find me,
because when he thought he had me.

"There you are!  Like a mouse into a trap!"  David said springing on me.

"What are you that ready to have my blood fry your insides?"  I asked no
longer scared of him.

"I don't have to drink your blood to kill you.  I will choke the very
breath from you!"  He said and began to put pressure on what appeared to by
my neck.

"Why are you playing with that doll David?"  I asked standing across the
room from him.

"What?"  He asked and then looked down to see it was nothing but a manikin.

"But how?"  He asked.

"I have tricks you couldn't believe.  Here try this one.  Can you guess?"
I asked as I made holograms of myself and surrounded him.

"You may can fool the eyes but I can smell you Anthony!"  He said and
charged towards me.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot the heighten senses.  Maybe you should smell
this."  Then all my holograms started spraying magical skunk gas/smoke at
him.

"Where did you go?"  He screamed as the smoke not only threw off his smell,
but sight as well.

"I'm right here!"  I said and I jumped forward and stabbed him in the heart
with a wooden stake.

"Foolish man did you really believe that to work?  It's a mere urban
legend."  He said cackling with laugher.

"It was worth a try.  Maybe this will work better."  I said and made a
sword appear in my hand and severed his head from his body.

His body turned to dust.  It seemed my old friend was finally put to rest.
However apparently he had a trick or two of his own, because a moment later
he had me and was choking me, and this time it was the real me.

"Good job killing me.  However, in this house I can't die for good.  No, as
long as I'm here I will never die!"  He declared as I felt the room start
to fade away.

Just when I thought I had it.  There was a large thud and David hit the
ground.  I fell with him, but Brody soon helped me up.

"How..did you find?"  I asked finding it hard to talk.

"I followed you.  I didn't want you to face him alone.  I thought if I made
myself invisible neither of you would know.  I thought you had him, but I
guess he can't die here.  So we have to tie him up, and take him outside."
He suggested.

We tied him as tightly as possible with ropes I fashioned out of metallic
material.  Even with his supernatural strength it would be almost
impossible for him to break free.

"So if killing him isn't the way to unlock the door what is?"  I asked
Brody.

"I think I might know the answer to that.  It will only open if a resident
or owner of the house touches the door.  Here look I found it while you
were waiting on David."  He told me and showed me the entry in the diary.

"So we can just ram his head into the door and it'll unlock?"  I asked.

"That should do it!"  He said with a laugh.

We carried him back though a few more rooms before arriving back at the
entry room.  We brushed the door with his head rather than ramming him into
it, but all the same the door unlocked and we rushed out to freedom.

"Now we finish him off."  I told Brody.

"I can't let you do that love.  I still have use of him."  Allen said and
appeared before us and freed David.

"Now let's finish them together!" David declared with delight.

"I think not.  Even together we are no match for them.  It's best that we
escape with our lives for now."  Allen suggested and they ran back into the
house and the door slammed shut.

"Now what?"  I asked rather annoyed with the escape routine.

"I still have the journal.  In the same section that told how to unlock the
door, there's an explanation on locking the door forever.  All one has to
do is to knock five times on the door and say closed for business.  If you
are the owner or a resident the house will be locked till opened again.
Also it says to be careful to only do it when no one is home, because the
house can only be unlocked from the outside if this spell is performed."
Brody explained.

"One problem, we aren't the owners."  I said.

"It doesn't matter, look there are a few hairs from David's head on the
rope.  It might be enough that we have his DNA on us."  Brody said and did
the spell with a single hair wrapped around his knuckles.

Sure enough as the words were said allowed after the knocks the house
started to shift and the windows all became covered in what seemed to be
sheets of metal.  The door itself seemed to disfigure and the door knob no
longer was there.  On the door it said for just one moment "have a nice
trip".  Then the message faded away.

"So now our exes are locked together in that house for the rest of
eternity."  I said.

"Or till they die of old age."  Brody suggested.

"I don't think so though.  David can't die because the house makes him and
his family invincible.  He'll age probably till some point, but I think
he'll go on."  I said.

"And he'll probably make Allen like him so he won't be alone right?"  Brody
asked.

"If I had to guess I'd say that was right on the money.  Maybe they'll find
happiness together in the end."  I said.

We walked through the forest that seemed so much brighter this time around.
It wasn't long before we found ourselves in the tunnel.  When we made it to
the hole Daniel was there and he dropped a rope down for us.

"Daniel!  I can't believe you are still waiting for me.  It's been what a 2
days?"  I asked.

"What are you talking about cuz.  I've only been gone a few minutes getting
the rope."  Daniel said.

"Are you sure about that?"  Brody asked.

"Brody, is that you?  Wow, were you in the tunnel the whole time?"  He
asked as he pulled us out on at a time.

"No, we were in a big mansion."  Brody said.

"There's a mansion down in the tunnel?"  Daniel asked confused.

"Never mind, it seems there is a lot about that place that we don't
understand.  It isn't too hard to imagine time works differently in that
place."  I suggested.

We told the whole story to Daniel, after we made it back home.  We sat
around Brody's living room as we explained about locking the exes in that
house forever.

"So in a way it seems they may get what they wanted all along."  Daniel
said.

"I don't know about that, but at least they aren't all alone.  It is
probably better than they deserve."  I told him.

"I think I'll head home. I'm so glad you are back safe Brody.  Can one of
you guys help me to my car?"  Daniel asked.  He had left it at my house.

"I guess I can take you there on my way home."  I offered.

"You can take him to his car, but you are coming back here.  This is your
home babe.  If you will move in with me that is?"  Brody asked.

"Of course I will!  I'll be back soon love."  I said and kissed Brody
before taking Daniel to his car.

That night we made love again and again celebrating our victories small and
large.  It seems like it was too good to be true.  We were finally back
together and everything was going great.  It would be nice if I could just
say that was our entire story, and let it end on a happy note.  However,
there would still be many trials ahead of us before we got to our happy
ending if it would come at all.  It wouldn't be more than a few weeks after
we got back home that our life was turned upside down again.

It started with phone call from Brody's sister.  She said something was
terribly wrong and she needed Brody to come to Florida as quickly as
possible.  By the time Brody was off the phone his face was pale.

"What did she say?"  I asked worried.

"She said people were disappearing.  Also some people were just appearing
from thin air too.  People that didn't seem to fit.  Like people dressed
like pilgrims, and people dressed like futuristic and stuff.  They are all
claiming to be from different time periods."  Brody said.

"Is that even possible. I mean we always said time traveling was out of the
question.  Do you think maybe David and Allen tried to time travel to get
out of that house, and they messed up the balance of time?"  I asked.

"I don't know, but if it was linked to them why did it start in Florida of
all places."  I asked.

"I'm not sure.  We better get to your sister's apartment fast.   Maybe we
should just use magic.  I don't think magic would really disturb her at
this point."  I suggested.

"Yeah, lets go invisible though and then we can just ring the bell.  That
way we can explain it to her easy, and not scare her to death."  He said.

"I'm glad I finally get to meet Sarah."  That's his sister's name.

"Yes, I just wish we could have met her under more normal circumstances."
He said.

We arrived in front of her door directly and looked for signs of passer
bys.  If there were any we didn't see them.  We quickly made ourselves
visible and rang the doorbell.

"Who is it?"  Sarah called from the door.

"It's us sis!  Let us in."  Brody said.

"How in the world did you guys make it so fast?"  She asked shocked.

"We cheated."  I told her.

"We used magic."  Brody said.

We spent most of the evening explaining to her about our powers.  She
seemed to take it all very well.  However, I couldn't help but notice that
Sarah kept staring at me.  It was starting to make me feel uneasy.

"I know we never met since my parents decided to home school me, but I just
know I've seen you somewhere before.  I mean not like I saw one of Brody's
annuals from school things either.  I know you don't I?"  She asked me.

"I don't think we've ever met.  I didn't really go over to Brody's house
when we were growing up, except for that one birthday party."  I told her.

"It wouldn't have been that, because I remember you looking just like you
do now.  Wait, I know!  You look like the math teacher at the high school
here in town."  She said.

"Why would you know the math teacher?" Brody asked.

"Oh, yeah I've been doing some work there.  I volunteer 3 days a week
helping kids with learning disabilities."  Sarah explained.

"Wow, that's great you seem to be doing really well now."  Brody said.

"I still don't like crowds much, but the kids are nice.  I only help a few
at a time, so it isn't so bad."  She said.  It seems on top of her panic
attacks, she also had really bad anxiety about public places and large
crowds.  I too had similar issues, to a smaller degree.

"I know I never met you, but it does feel like we have a lot in common.
I'm really glad I met you today Sarah."  I said and gave her a hug.

"Thanks.  I'm glad to meet you too.  You make my brother happy.  He talks
about you a lot you know."  She said with a smile.

Brody later took me aside and told me it was amazing that Sarah had hugged
me.  She wasn't really into contact with strangers usually.

"So if all this weird stuff is going on, why hasn't it made the news?"  I
asked Sarah at dinner.

"Not many people seem to notice it at all.  That's the odd part.  It's like
crazy town all the sudden.  All the strange stuff keeps happening and no
one seems to care."  Sarah explained.

"What do you think caused it?"  I asked.

"Lee seems to think there's a tear in the time warp.  I'm not sure what he
means, but he seems to know a lot about such things."  Sarah said.

"Who's Lee?"  Brody asked.

"Oh yeah, he's the teacher I was talking about earlier."  Sarah said.

It was about then that I knew I had to meet Lee though at the same time it
felt like it might be a bad idea.

"I think we have to talk to him.  Can you take us to his house?"  I asked.

"I don't know him that well, but I guess you could go to the school
tomorrow and talk to him."  Sarah said.


The end

This is actually the end of this story, but I decided to continue on with a
bit of a cross over.  If you haven't read "Through the Time Warp" yet, now
might be a good time.  This story is now going to be directly linked to it.
The characters Lee and James for sure will be in the new story.  I'm not
sure about anyone else making it over or not.  Please stay tuned. The new
Story will be titled "Through the Dimensional Tear".  It will probably be
featuring some celebs, so I suppose it could be found in the celebrity
section.  I haven't started writing it yet, but will soon.  Sorry for the
delay, but I needed a break. Send comments to leoinbama@gmail.com